Food Shopping by Cari Luna

If you've decided to skip the restaurant and head out to the local shops to buy groceries, you'll need to figure out where the shops are. And to do that, you have to know what they're called in Spanish.

Types of Food Stores

grocery store

el colmado

ehl kohl-MAH-doh

butcher shop

la carnicería

lah kahr-nee-seh-REE-ah

bakery

la panadería

lah pah-nah-deh-REE-ah

delicatessen

la salchichonería

lah sahl-chee-choh-neh-REE-ah

supermarket

el supermercado

ehl soo-pehr-mehr-KAH-doh

pastry shop

la pastelería

lah pah-steh-leh-REE-ah

fish shop

la pescadería

lah peh-skah-deh-REE-ah

ice cream shop

la heladería

lah eh-lah-deh-REE-ah

Once in the store, it'll help if you can ask for specific ingredients.

How Much Do You Want?

a little bit

un poco

oon POH-koh

a lot

mucho

MOO-choh

a bite of

un pincho de

oon PEEN-choh deh

an order of

una ración de

OO-nah rah-see-OHN deh

a box of

una caja de

OO-nah KAH-hah deh

a bag of

una bolsa de

OO-nah BOHL-sah deh

a can of

una lata de

OO-nah LAH-tah deh

a jar of

un tarro de

oon TAH-rroh deh

a bottle of

una botella de

OO-nah boh-TEH-yah deh

a sack of

un saco de

oon SAH-koh deh

Now that you've eaten your fill, let's head back out there and go shopping! In the next chapter we've got you covered with all the sizes, colors, and vocabulary you'll need for your consumer adventures in Spanish.